Clyde Drexler vs. Kevin McHale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin McHale and Clyde Drexler, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Clyde Drexler played 15 years in the NBA, 2 more than Kevin McHale, who played 13. Clyde Drexler had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while Kevin McHale had his rookie season in 1980-81. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Clyde Drexler	Kevin McHale
Season	1983-84	1980-81
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	82	17.2	7.7	1.4	1.5	2.9	1.9	1.3	0.4	1.5	2.5	3.1	6.8	.451	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.728
difference:		+2.9	+2.3	+0.5	+1.0	+1.5	+1.2	+1.0	+1.4	-0.2	-0.7	+1.2	+1.3	+.082				+0.2	+0.2	+.049
Kevin McHale	82	20.1	10.0	1.9	2.5	4.4	0.7	0.3	1.8	1.3	3.2	4.3	8.1	.533	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.679
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	5	17.0	7.2	1.4	2.0	3.4	1.6	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.2	3.0	7.0	.429	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.4	.857
difference:	+12	+0.4	+1.3	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	+0.8	+0.8	+1.3	-0.5	-0.8	+0.6	+0.4	+.111		+0.2		+0.2	+0.7	+.218
Kevin McHale	17	17.4	8.5	1.7	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.2	1.5	0.9	3.0	3.6	6.6	.540	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.639

Season 3
	Clyde Drexler	Kevin McHale
Season	1985-86	1982-83
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	75	34.3	18.5	2.3	3.3	5.6	8.0	2.6	0.6	3.8	3.6	7.2	15.2	.475	0.2	0.8	.200	3.9	5.1	.769
difference:	+7	+5.7	+4.4	+0.3	+0.8	+1.1	+6.7	+2.2	+1.7	-1.9	-0.7	+1.3	+4.3	+.066	+0.2	+0.8		+1.5	+1.8	+.052
Kevin McHale	82	28.6	14.1	2.6	4.1	6.7	1.3	0.4	2.3	1.9	2.9	5.9	10.9	.541	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.3	.717
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	4	36.3	18.0	2.3	4.0	6.3	6.5	1.5	0.8	4.8	4.8	6.5	14.3	.456	0.5	1.3	.400	4.5	5.8	.783
difference:	+3	+11.0	+6.9	+0.2	+0.1	+0.3	+5.8	+1.1	+0.2	-3.4	-2.5	+1.6	+5.4	+.092	+0.5	+1.2	+.400	+3.1	+3.2	+.227
Kevin McHale	7	25.3	11.1	2.1	3.9	6.0	0.7	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.3	4.9	8.9	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.6	.556

Season 4
	Clyde Drexler	Kevin McHale
Season	1986-87	1983-84
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	82	38.0	21.7	2.8	3.5	6.3	6.9	2.5	0.9	3.1	3.4	8.6	17.2	.502	0.1	0.6	.234	4.4	5.7	.760
difference:		+6.6	+3.3	+0.3	+1.4	+1.1	+5.6	+2.2	+0.6	-1.3	-0.4	+1.4	+4.3	+.054	+0.1	+0.6		+0.3	+0.3	+.005
Kevin McHale	82	31.4	18.4	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.0	7.2	12.9	.556	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	5.4	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	4	38.3	24.0	4.0	3.5	7.5	3.8	1.8	0.8	1.5	4.0	9.0	19.8	.456	0.3	1.0	.250	5.8	7.3	.793
difference:	+19	+7.8	+9.2	+1.3		+1.3	+2.6	+1.7	+0.7	-0.2	-0.7	+3.7	+9.2	+.048	+0.3	+0.9	+.250	+1.7	+2.0	+.016
Kevin McHale	23	30.5	14.8	2.7	3.5	6.2	1.2	0.1	1.5	1.7	3.3	5.3	10.6	.504	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.3	.777

Season 5
	Clyde Drexler	Kevin McHale
Season	1987-88	1984-85
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	81	37.8	27.0	3.2	3.4	6.6	5.8	2.5	0.6	2.9	3.1	10.5	20.7	.506	0.1	0.6	.212	5.9	7.2	.811
difference:	+2	+4.2	+7.2	+0.3	+2.7	+2.4	+4.0	+2.1	+0.9	-0.9	-0.1	+2.8	+7.3	+.064	+0.1	+0.5	+.212	+1.4	+1.3	+.051
Kevin McHale	79	33.6	19.8	2.9	6.1	9.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	2.0	3.0	7.7	13.4	.570	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.9	.760
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	4	42.5	22.0	3.0	4.0	7.0	5.3	3.0	0.5	3.0	3.5	8.0	20.8	.386	0.8	1.5	.500	5.3	7.3	.724
difference:	+17	+2.6	+0.1	+0.5	+2.4	+2.9	+3.8	+2.4	+1.7	-0.1		+0.2	+6.4	+.182	+0.8	+1.5		+0.5	+0.2	+.083
Kevin McHale	21	39.9	22.1	3.5	6.4	9.9	1.5	0.6	2.2	2.9	3.5	8.2	14.4	.568	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	7.1	.807

Season 6
	Clyde Drexler	Kevin McHale
Season	1988-89	1985-86
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	78	39.3	27.2	3.7	4.2	7.9	5.8	2.7	0.7	3.2	3.4	10.6	21.4	.496	0.3	1.3	.260	5.6	7.0	.799
difference:	+10	+4.0	+5.9	+1.2	+1.4	+0.2	+3.1	+2.3	+1.3	-1.0	-0.6	+2.3	+7.0	+.078	+0.3	+1.3		+0.8	+0.8	+.023
Kevin McHale	68	35.3	21.3	2.5	5.6	8.1	2.7	0.4	2.0	2.2	2.8	8.3	14.4	.574	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.2	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	3	42.7	27.7	4.3	2.3	6.7	8.3	2.0	0.7	4.0	3.7	11.7	23.7	.493	0.0	0.7	.000	4.3	5.7	.765
difference:	+15	+3.0	+2.8	+1.5	+3.5	+1.9	+5.6	+1.6	+1.7	-1.3	-0.1	+2.4	+7.6	+.086		+0.6		+1.9	+2.1	+.029
Kevin McHale	18	39.7	24.9	2.8	5.8	8.6	2.7	0.4	2.4	2.7	3.6	9.3	16.1	.579	0.0	0.1	.000	6.2	7.8	.794

Season 7
	Clyde Drexler	Kevin McHale
Season	1989-90	1986-87
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	73	36.8	23.3	2.8	4.1	6.9	5.9	2.0	0.7	2.6	3.0	9.2	18.6	.494	0.4	1.5	.283	4.6	5.9	.774
difference:	+4	+2.9	+2.8	+0.4	+2.6	+3.0	+3.3	+1.5	+1.5		-0.1	+1.1	+1.6	+.110	+0.4	+1.4	+.283	+1.0	+0.7	+.062
Kevin McHale	77	39.7	26.1	3.2	6.7	9.9	2.6	0.5	2.2	2.6	3.1	10.3	17.0	.604	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.6	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	21	40.6	21.4	3.0	4.2	7.2	7.1	2.5	0.9	3.2	3.4	8.2	18.6	.441	0.4	2.0	.220	4.6	5.9	.774
difference:		+1.2	+0.3	+0.1	+1.9	+2.0	+5.2	+2.2	+0.5	-0.6		+0.1	+4.4	+.143	+0.4	+2.0			+0.1	+.012
Kevin McHale	21	39.4	21.1	3.1	6.1	9.2	1.9	0.3	1.4	2.6	3.4	8.3	14.2	.584	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.0	.762

Season 8
	Clyde Drexler	Kevin McHale
Season	1990-91	1987-88
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	82	34.8	21.5	2.6	4.1	6.7	6.0	1.8	0.7	2.8	2.8	7.9	16.3	.482	0.7	2.3	.319	5.1	6.4	.794
difference:	+18	+2.5	+1.1	+0.1	+1.8	+1.7	+3.3	+1.4	+0.7	-0.6		+0.7	+2.1	+.122	+0.7	+2.3		+0.3	+0.4	+.003
Kevin McHale	64	37.3	22.6	2.5	5.9	8.4	2.7	0.4	1.4	2.2	2.8	8.6	14.2	.604	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	6.8	.797
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	16	39.6	21.7	2.5	5.6	8.1	8.1	2.1	1.0	3.8	3.5	8.0	16.8	.476	0.9	3.5	.268	4.8	6.1	.776
difference:	+1	+2.5	+3.7	+0.7	+0.8	+0.1	+5.7	+1.7	+0.8	-1.5	-0.3	+1.3	+1.4	+.127	+0.8	+3.4	+.732	+2.0	+2.0	+.063
Kevin McHale	17	42.1	25.4	3.2	4.8	8.0	2.4	0.4	1.8	2.3	3.8	9.3	15.4	.603	0.1	0.1	1.000	6.8	8.1	.839

Season 9
	Clyde Drexler	Kevin McHale
Season	1991-92	1988-89
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	76	36.2	25.0	2.2	4.4	6.6	6.7	1.8	0.9	3.2	3.0	9.1	19.4	.470	1.5	4.4	.337	5.3	6.6	.794
difference:	+2	+0.7	+2.5	+0.7	+0.9	+1.6	+4.5	+1.5	+0.3	-0.7	-0.1	+0.6	+3.9	+.076	+1.5	+4.3	+.337	+0.3	+0.2	+.024
Kevin McHale	78	36.9	22.5	2.9	5.3	8.2	2.2	0.3	1.2	2.5	2.9	8.5	15.5	.546	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.8	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	21	40.3	26.3	2.9	4.5	7.4	7.0	1.5	1.0	2.8	3.7	9.4	20.2	.466	0.9	3.9	.235	6.6	8.1	.807
difference:	+18	+2.0	+7.3	+0.6	+1.2	+0.6	+4.0	+1.2	+0.3	-1.5	-0.6	+2.7	+6.5	+.022	+0.9	+3.9		+0.9	+0.4	+.068
Kevin McHale	3	38.3	19.0	2.3	5.7	8.0	3.0	0.3	0.7	1.3	4.3	6.7	13.7	.488	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	7.7	.739

Season 10
	Clyde Drexler	Kevin McHale
Season	1992-93	1989-90
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	49	34.1	19.9	2.6	3.7	6.3	5.7	1.9	0.8	2.3	3.2	7.1	16.7	.429	0.6	2.7	.233	5.0	6.0	.839
difference:	+33	+0.9	+1.0	+0.1	+2.1	+2.0	+3.6	+1.5	+1.1	-0.1	-0.2	+0.8	+2.3	+.120	+0.3	+1.9	+.100	+0.2	+0.6	+.054
Kevin McHale	82	33.2	20.9	2.5	5.8	8.3	2.1	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.0	7.9	14.4	.549	0.3	0.8	.333	4.8	5.4	.893
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	3	38.7	19.0	2.7	3.7	6.3	4.7	1.7	1.0	1.0	3.0	6.0	14.3	.419	1.7	4.0	.417	5.3	6.7	.800
difference:	+2	+0.3	+3.0	+1.1	+2.5	+1.5	+2.1	+1.3	+1.0	-1.8	-0.4	+2.4	+0.5	+.190	+1.5	+3.4	+.084	+0.3	+0.9	+.062
Kevin McHale	5	38.4	22.0	1.6	6.2	7.8	2.6	0.4	2.0	2.8	3.4	8.4	13.8	.609	0.2	0.6	.333	5.0	5.8	.862

Season 11
	Clyde Drexler	Kevin McHale
Season	1993-94	1990-91
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	68	34.3	19.2	2.3	4.3	6.5	4.9	1.4	0.5	2.5	3.0	7.0	16.3	.428	1.0	3.2	.324	4.2	5.4	.777
difference:		+3.9	+0.8	+0.2	+0.6	+0.6	+3.0	+1.0	+1.6	-0.4	-0.1	+0.4	+2.9	+.125	+0.8	+2.7	+.081	+0.8	+1.4	+.052
Kevin McHale	68	30.4	18.4	2.1	4.9	7.1	1.9	0.4	2.1	2.1	2.9	7.4	13.4	.553	0.2	0.5	.405	3.4	4.0	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	4	39.3	21.0	2.5	7.8	10.3	5.5	2.0	0.5	2.3	1.8	7.8	18.3	.425	0.8	3.3	.231	4.8	5.8	.826
difference:	+7	+5.1	+0.3	+0.9	+2.9	+3.8	+3.7	+1.5	+0.8	-1.0	-2.0	+0.7	+4.8	+.102	+0.3	+2.3	+.314	+1.2	+1.5	+.001
Kevin McHale	11	34.2	20.7	1.6	4.9	6.5	1.8	0.5	1.3	1.3	3.8	7.1	13.5	.527	0.5	1.0	.545	6.0	7.3	.825

Season 12
	Clyde Drexler	Kevin McHale
Season	1994-95	1991-92
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	76	35.9	21.8	2.0	4.3	6.3	4.8	1.8	0.6	2.4	2.7	7.5	16.3	.461	1.9	5.4	.360	4.8	5.8	.824
difference:	+20	+10.9	+7.9	+0.1	+0.5	+0.4	+3.3	+1.6	+0.5	-0.9	-0.7	+1.7	+5.0	+.048	+1.9	+5.2	+.360	+2.4	+2.9	+.002
Kevin McHale	56	25.0	13.9	2.1	3.8	5.9	1.5	0.2	1.1	1.5	2.0	5.8	11.3	.509	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	2.9	.822
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	22	38.6	20.5	2.0	5.0	7.0	5.0	1.5	0.7	2.0	3.1	7.0	14.6	.481	1.4	4.5	.303	5.0	6.4	.786
difference:	+12	+8.0	+4.0	+0.1	+0.4	+0.3	+3.7	+1.0	+0.2	-1.1	-0.3	+0.5	+2.0	+.035	+1.4	+4.4	+.303	+1.5	+2.0	+.009
Kevin McHale	10	30.6	16.5	2.1	4.6	6.7	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.9	3.4	6.5	12.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	3.5	4.4	.795

Season 13
	Clyde Drexler	Kevin McHale
Season	1995-96	1992-93
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	52	38.4	19.3	1.9	5.3	7.2	5.8	2.0	0.5	2.6	2.9	6.4	14.7	.433	1.5	4.5	.332	5.1	6.5	.784
difference:	+19	+15.1	+8.6	+0.6	+1.6	+2.2	+4.8	+1.8	+0.3	-1.3	-1.1	+2.2	+5.6	+.026	+1.5	+4.2	+.221	+2.8	+3.8	+.057
Kevin McHale	71	23.3	10.7	1.3	3.7	5.0	1.0	0.2	0.8	1.3	1.8	4.2	9.1	.459	0.0	0.3	.111	2.3	2.7	.841
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clyde Drexler	8	36.5	16.6	1.9	5.9	7.8	5.0	2.6	0.5	2.5	2.8	6.1	14.8	.415	1.1	4.3	.265	3.3	4.3	.765
difference:	+4	+8.2	+2.4	+0.4	+0.9	+0.5	+4.2	+2.1	+1.3	-1.2	-1.3	+1.9	+1.0	+.167	+1.1	+4.3		+0.3	+0.8	+.092
Kevin McHale	4	28.3	19.0	2.3	5.0	7.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.3	1.5	8.0	13.8	.582	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.5	.857

Additional Years
* Clyde Drexler played 2 seasons more than Kevin McHale in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 15, from 1997 to 1998—Clyde Drexler played in two Playoffs. In those 2 extra years over Kevin McHale, Clyde Drexler got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game